Mystery Train
Mystery Train's Soulful Journey: Love Lost and Redemption
Lyrics
Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
The speaker is on a train consisting of sixteen coaches.
Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
Reiteration of riding a sixteen-coach train.
Well, that long black train got my baby and gone
Expresses that the speaker's lover has left on a long black train.
Train, train, comin' 'round the bend
Announcement of an approaching train.
Train, train, comin' 'round the bend
Repeats the imminent arrival of the train.
Well, it took my baby, but it never will again
The train took the speaker's lover once, but won't take them again.
No, not again
Emphasizes the certainty that the train won't take the lover again.
Train, train, comin' down, down the line
Describes another train approaching on the line.
Train, train, comin' down, down the line
Reiterates the arrival of the second train.
Well, it's bringin' my baby 'cause she's mine, all mine
Suggests that the second train is bringing the speaker's lover back.
She's mine, all mine
Emphasizes ownership or possessiveness over the lover returning on the train.
Train, train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend
Again announces the arrival of a train.
'Round, 'round the bend
Repeats the train's imminent arrival.
Train, train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend
Describes the train's return and the repeated cycle.
'Round, 'round the bend
Reiterates the cyclical nature of the train's return.
Well, it took my baby, but it never will again
Similar to earlier lines, the train took the lover but won't do so again.
Never will again
Emphasizes the permanence of the lover not being taken by the train again.
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